Tennessee is planning on its first execution post-pandemic, with several more to come.
Oscar Smith, 72, is set for execution for the murder of his wife and her children in 1989. Smith is expected to be killed by lethal injection. Gov. Bill Lee has refused to intervene and has allowed the execution to proceed.
A Tennessee jail transportation van carrying six inmates was involved in an accident on Wednesday, according to officials.
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